Improvement in sucker-rod connections



1 To all 'whom it may concern:

. i are made to enga-ge,

described;`

@sind @Wine idonei lctet i GEORGE M. enclins, or oit our, PENNSYLVANIA.

. y @um nimm-.105410, daalt Juzg 19,1870.

' Y 1MPR`ovnMnNT 1N STICKER-Ron CONNECTIONS. v

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesama Be it known time I, GEORGE M. moms, of ou City, in the county ofVenango and State of Pennsyl` venia', have invented a new and usefulImprovement "fini Sucker-rod Connections; and Ido hereby declare thatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which `willenable Vothers skilled in the `art to make and use the same,referencebeing had to `the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification. f

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in mode offastening the wooden sucker-rod to the iron ferrule of the joint of anoil-well, andconsists in Iixing steel springs (one or more) in the rod,

and forming grooves or notches (one or more) in the fcrrule, with whichgrooves or notches the steel springs as will be hereinafter more fully`In the accompanyiugdrawingf- Figure l represents a longitudinalsection, vshowing the rod. andthe -ferruie connected according tomyiiivcntion, the section, being on the line a: a: of g. 2. l, liigure 2is a horizontal or cross-section of g. 1, on

the iiu'eg) y.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts. i

' A is the metallic-terrine, by means of whiclrthe.

sections of the sucker-rod are joined together. 4On the `inner side ofthis -ferrule -Iform one or more grooves, notches, or offsets, marked B.l A

G represents t-he wooden sucker-rod.4 i D represents steel or` othermetallic springs, which are mortised through tlie rod, (one or more innumber.)

The mortises through the iod allow play to the ends ofthe springs, asseen in the drawing.

rlhe ends ot' the springs project, or their length is greater than thediameter of the rod.

The wooden rod is made to quite fill the ferrule,

and, when the rod is driven into the ferrule, the endsV of-thc springscurveupward, (the play referred to above allows of.this,) but when the'ends of the springs reach the groovesB they recoil and ca tch in thegrooves, as seen in the drawing.

This is a cheap and most effectual method' of fastening the woodensuckerrod into the iron f'erruleE for forming the joint, and itsadvantages over the ordinary mode must be obvious toall. r

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and 'desire to secureby Letters Patent- Fastening the sucker-rod-C' to the f'errule A bymeans of the springs D and grooves or no1-ches B,

substantially as shown and specified.

GEORGE M. .BAGKUl Witnesses:

, 4(leones Ross,

F. OARMER.

